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Xi'an - May 21, 2006
Terra-cotta Warriors

The Terracotta Army or Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses is a collection of 8,099 life-size terra cotta figures of warriors and horses located near the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor. The figures were discovered in 1974 near Xi'an, Shaanxi province.

For more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terracotta_Army

This is truly an unbelievable display. Of all the sites we saw, this impressed me the most. Being a person who does ceramics, I can only imaging the time it took to create over 8,000 life-size figures.

Entrance to the display.

One of the display buildings.

Another group picture.

Entrance to one of the pits.

This is truly amazing. The army as originally stationed.

Each figure has different details.

Most would have ad weapons but they were plundered over the years.

Even the horses have different featrues.

This is how most were found.

It takes years to assemble complete figures.

These are the traveling army.

Horses and driver.

These were life size figures.

Dina and Don (not terra-cotta warriors).

Rows of deep trenches were covered with log, then fabric/paper, and then several feet of dirt.

You can see the sagging timbers.

The command post.

Bronze horses and chariot.

Archer.

Infantry man.

Cavalry man and horse.

The following is interesting information on the display.

Terracotta Army. (2006, July 20). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 21:45, July 20, 2006, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Terracotta_Army&oldid=64841883.

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